# Miss Arizona USA

Miss Arizona USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Casting Crown Productions.
Arizona's most successful placements were in 1965 and 1980, when Jane Nelson and Jineane Ford, respectively, placed as the first runner-up. Ford later became Miss USA 1980 after the original winner Shawn Weatherly was crowned Miss Universe 1980. Arizona's most recent placement was in 2016, when Chelsea Myers placed in the Top 15.
The longest reigning titleholder was Yesenia Vidales in 2020 at 1 year, 6 months and 5 days, while Cassidy Jo Jacks was the shortest reigning titleholder in 2021 ended her reign at 10 months and 19 days.
The current Miss Arizona USA is K Johnson Phoenix and was crowned at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts in Gilbert on May 26, 2024. Johnson will represent Arizona at Miss USA 2024.

## Gallery of titleholders

* LeeAnne Locken, Miss Arizona USA 1989
* Courtney Barnas, Miss Arizona USA 2007
* Brittany Bell, Miss Arizona USA 2010
* Brittany Brannon, Miss Arizona USA 2011
* Erika Frantzve, Miss Arizona USA 2012
* Nicole Smith, Miss Arizona USA 2018

## Results summary
### Placements in Miss USA

* 1st Runners-Up: Jane Nelson (1965), Jineane Ford (1980)
* 2nd Runners-Up: Susanne Pottenger (1971), Diane Martin (1987), Alicia-Monique Blanco (2009)
* 3rd Runners-Up: Ruth Hayes (1969), Sherry Nix (1973)
* Top 10/11/12: Carlys Peterson (1974), Toni Abranovic (1977), Ana Rupert (1979), Cassie Hill (1981), Michelle Ducote (1985), Lee Anne Locken (1989), Maricarroll Verlinde (1991), Dannis Shephard (1992), Stacey Kole (1998)
* Top 15/16/20: Jerri Michaelson (1962), Diane McGarry (1963), Roxanne Neeley (1966), Judianne Magnusson (1967), Danielle Demski (2004), Brenna Sakas (2006), Brittany Brannon (2011), Jordan Wessel (2014), Maureen Montagne (2015), Chelsea Myers (2016)
Arizona holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.

### Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Cara Jackson (1999)
* Miss Photogenic: Jineane Ford (1980), Brittany Brannon (2011)
* Best State Costume: Daria Sparling (1984), Michelle Ducote (1985), Maricarroll Verlinde (1991)

## Winners
### Color key

* Winner
* Runner-Up
* Semifinalist
| Year | Name | Age | Hometown | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2024 | K Johnson | 41 | Phoenix | Miss Uptown Phoenix | | | |
| 2023 | Candace Kanavel | 27 | Tempe | Miss Tempe | | | |
| 2022 | Isabel Ticlo | 28 | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | | | Previously Miss Arizona 2018 First Indian American and Thai American Miss Arizona USA |
| 2021 | Cassidy Jo Jacks | 26 | Mesa | Miss Usery Mountain | | | Later contestant on season 1 of Farmer Wants a Wife |
| 2020 | Yesenia Vidales | 23 | Phoenix | Miss Uptown Phoenix | | | |
| 2019 | Savannah Wix | 22 | Paradise Valley | Miss Saguaro Blossom | | | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 2014 |
| 2018 | Nicole Smith | 24 | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | | | |
| 2017 | Tommy Lynn Calhoun | 26 | Tucson | Miss Sunset Canyon | | | |
| 2016 | Chelsea Myers | 20 | Chandler | Miss North Phoenix | Top 15 | | |
| 2015 | Maureen Montagne | 21 | Chandler | Miss South Chandler | Top 15 | | First Asian American Miss Arizona USA Previously 1st runner-up at Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013 Later placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss World America 2017 Later joined Miss World Philippines 2018 and was crowned Miss Eco Philippines 2018 Later became 1st runner-up at Miss Eco International 2018 as Miss Philippines Later joined Binibining Pilipinas 2021 and was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2021 Later crowned The Miss Globe 2021 as Miss Philippines |
| 2014 | Jordan Wessel | 20 | Phoenix | Miss Tempe | Top 20 | | |
| 2013 | Rachel Massie | 19 | Glendale | Miss Maricopa County | | | |
| 2012 | Erika Lane Frantzve | 23 | Scottsdale | Miss Phoenix | | | |
| 2011 | Brittany Brannon | 22 | Paradise Valley | Miss Grand Canyon | Top 16 | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2010 | Brittany Bell | 22 | Chandler | Miss Chandler | | | Later Miss Guam Universe 2014 |
| 2009 | Alicia-Monique Blanco | 22 | Phoenix | Miss Diamondback | 2nd Runner-Up | | |
| 2008 | Kimberly Joiner | 22 | Gilbert | Miss Gilbert | | | |
| 2007 | Courtney Barnas | 19 | Mesa | Miss Red Mountain | | | |
| 2006 | Brenna Sakas | 21 | Chandler | | Top 15 | | |
| 2005 | Mariana Loya | 26 | Gilbert | | | | Previously Miss Washington 1998 |
| 2004 | Danielle Demski | 22 | Chandler | | Top 15 | | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999 Former NFL Cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 2003 | Nafeesa DeFlorias | 26 | Phoenix | | | | |
| 2002 | Jennifer Lenz | 25 | Mesa | | | | |
| 2001 | Tasha Dixon | 19 | Phoenix | | | | |
| 2000 | Heather Keckler | 26 | Scottsdale | | | | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1992 |
| 1999 | Cara Jackson | 25 | Chandler | | | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Arizona 1995 |
| 1998 | Stacey Kole | 24 | Tempe | | Top 10 | | |
| 1997 | Jessica Nicely | | Gilbert | | | | |
| 1996 | Christina Novak | | Tempe | | | | |
| 1995 | Shara Riggs | | Oro Valley | | | | |
| 1994 | Jennifer Tisdale | | Mesa | | | | |
| 1993 | Apryl Hettich | | Scottsdale | | | | |
| 1992 | Dannis Shephard | | Mesa | | Top 11 | | |
| 1991 | Maricarroll Verlinde | | Tempe | | Top 11 | Best State Costume | |
| 1990 | Lezlie Leonard | | Tempe | | | | |
| 1989 | LeeAnne Locken | | Apache Junction | | Top 10 | | Cast member on The Real Housewives of Dallas (2016–2020) |
| 1988 | Kris Keim | 22 | Scottsdale | | | | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1983 |
| 1987 | Diane Martin | 24 | Phoenix | | 2nd Runner-Up | | Previously Miss Arizona 1985 |
| 1986 | Jodi Armstrong | | Phoenix | | | | |
| 1985 | Michelle Ducote | 20 | Tempe | | Top 10 | Best State Costume | |
| 1984 | Daria Sparling | 19 | Tucson | | | Best State Costume | |
| 1983 | Sindy Hedden | 23 | Tucson | | | | |
| 1982 | Lori Hakola | | Tucson | | | | |
| 1981 | Cassie Hill | | Phoenix | | Top 12 | | |
| 1980 | Jineane Ford | 20 | Gilbert | | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | Became Miss USA 1980 when Shawn Weatherly became Miss Universe 1980 |
| 1979 | Ana Rupert | | Scottsdale | | Top 12 | | |
| 1978 | Jacque Crutchfield | | Phoenix | | | | |
| 1977 | Toni Abranovic | | Scottsdale | | Top 12 | | |
| 1976 | Curvey Walters | | Phoenix | | | | |
| 1975 | Sanna Osgood | | Scottsdale | | | | |
| 1974 | Carlys Peterson | | Phoenix | | Top 12 | | |
| 1973 | Sherry Nix | | Phoenix | | 3rd Runner-Up | | |
| 1972 | Marcia Banks | | Tempe | | | | |
| 1971 | Susanne Pottenger | | Tempe | | 2nd Runner-Up | | |
| 1970 | Alicia Lein | | Mesa | | | | |
| 1969 | Ruth Hayes | | Tempe | Miss Tempe | 3rd Runner-Up | | |
| 1968 | Shirley Sprague | | Avondale | | | | |
| 1967 | Judianne Magnusson | | Mesa | Miss Phoenix | Top 15 | | |
| 1966 | Roxanne Neeley | | Oro Valley | Miss Phoenix | Top 15 | | |
| 1965 | Jane Nelson | | Mesa | | 1st Runner-Up | | Previously Miss New Mexico 1964, dethroned when she won the Miss Arizona USA title. |
| 1964 | Diane Reutter | | Phoenix | | | | |
| 1963 | Diane McGarry | | Mesa | | Top 15 | | |
| 1962 | Jerri Michaelson | | Paradise Valley | Miss Yuma | Top 15 | | |
| 1961 | Shyrle Owens Ortiz | | Avondale | | | | |
| 1960 | Virginia Crook | | Mesa | | | | |
| 1959 | Patricia Varga | | Mesa | | | | |
| 1958 | Shirlee Fox | | Avondale | | | | |
| 1956 | Maija Bertulson | | Tucson | | | | |
| 1955 | Patti Marks | 19 | Glendale | | | | |
| 1954 | Bonnie Johnson | 18 | Glendale | | | | |
| 1953 | Eleanor Ruth Cross | 19 | Chandler | | | | |
| 1952 | Charlene Hendricks | 18 | Tempe | | | | |